English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Prestwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great and Little Missenden

Historical Forms

  • Prestwude c.1180 Miss 14th
  • Prestwood 1535 VE

Etymology

Self-explanatory. It belonged to Missenden Abbey.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement